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azlan naeem
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I heard many time the word of Time Machine. Can the concept of Time Machine become true in future? what is your opinion...?
Time Machine (Future Technology)
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Discussion Overview
The discussion revolves around the concept of time machines, particularly the feasibility of traveling to the future and the implications of traveling to the past. Participants explore theoretical frameworks, paradoxes, and speculative scenarios related to time travel.
Discussion Character
- Exploratory
- Debate/contested
- Conceptual clarification
Main Points Raised
- Some participants suggest that time machines could exist, with black holes and fast spaceships being potential means for future travel.
- Others reference the theory of causation, questioning the possibility of traveling back in time and altering past events, such as killing one's grandparents.
- There is a discussion about the potential for creating different timelines if one were to change past events, indicating a speculative nature of the topic.
- Some participants humorously propose that practical obstacles would prevent time travel to the past, likening it to searching for dinosaurs.
- Contradictory views emerge regarding the nature of memory and existence in the context of time travel, with some arguing that memories would change to align with new timelines, while others dispute this notion.
Areas of Agreement / Disagreement
Participants express a range of speculative ideas about time travel, with no consensus reached on the feasibility or implications of such concepts. Disagreements exist regarding the nature of paradoxes and the mechanics of time travel.
Contextual Notes
The discussion is limited by its speculative nature and the absence of empirical evidence regarding time travel. Participants rely on theoretical frameworks and hypothetical scenarios without resolving the underlying assumptions or paradoxes.
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Whovian
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A time machine to travel into the future: sure they exist! They're called Black Holes and decently fast spaceships (if we can build one, which isn't too farfetched)!
One to travel into the past: The Universe had better find a way to keep from collapsing if we ever shoot our grandparents.
One to travel into the past: The Universe had better find a way to keep from collapsing if we ever shoot our grandparents.
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AnTiFreeze3
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Doesn't the theory of Causation claim that we can't go back in time and kill our parents before they give birth to us? At that point, wouldn't you have just created a different timeline?
This is clearly all speculation, considering nobody has traveled back in time yet.
This is clearly all speculation, considering nobody has traveled back in time yet.
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Averagesupernova
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As for shooting your grandparents goes, something will always prevent it. Can't get the gun to work, misplaced it, time machine runs out of gasoline (haha). It is kind of like going out and searching for live dinosaurs in that the expedition is set up for failure before it starts.
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Or, you could subscribe to the theory that as soon as you shoot them you remember a different timeline.
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Or, you could subscribe to the theory that as soon as you shoot them you remember a different timeline.
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Whovian
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Averagesupernova said:
Nonsense. You can't just have memory change to match the events of the current Universe, you'd have your whole existence change.
But can't one just not subscribe to that theory, since then you won't have existed to shoot your grandparents, so we have a paradox.
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This thread is too speculative and doesn't meet our guidelines.